Exam 2 Flashcards
How long does it take for muscle to be converted to meat
up to 24 hours
During and after slaughter process, what is the body trying to maintain
homoeostasis
What is homeostasis controlled by?
Nervous and endocrine system
What is immobilization?
The animal is rendered unconscious due to the disruption of nervous system
What are the 3 methods for immobilization
Mechanical
Electrical
Chemical
What is exsanguination?
Massive bleeding, severe compromise homeostasis
What happens to blood pressure during exsanguination
Goes down
What happens when blood pressure goes down? (3 things)
- Heart pumps faster
- Blood vessels in limbs constrict to increase blood pressure
- Forces blood to vital organs
What is system is loss during exsanguination?
Circulatory system
What happens when circulatory system is loss?
- Loss of transport system, nothing gets to/from the muscles
- Build up of lactic acid
The muscle is shift from what type of metabolism to what type of metabolism
Aerobic metabolism to Anaerobic metabolism
What happens during the metabolism shift
- Small stores of oxygen is lost quickly
- Aerobic metabolism fails
What happens to pH during muscle to meat
Declines causing the build of lactic acid
What is the most important changes in meat quality?
pH
What happens during lost temperature control?
Heat production of the muscle increases
What happens when heat production of the muscles increases
No circulatory system
Heat from body shutdown
Heat from metabolism causes muscle temp to go up
What happens during rigor mortis? (3)
- Stiffening of the muscles
- Permanent actin/myosin cross bridging
- Can’t break without ATP
What happens when rigor mortis is interrupted
Pre rigor chilling
What happens during Pre rigor chilling
Muscle is frozen before rigor
What happens when muscle is thawed?
Massive Ca+ dump
Short sarcomere equals what?
Tough meat
What is PSE
Pale, Soft and Exudative
What causes PSE in Biochemical stand point
Acute stress
What causes acute stress
- Within hours of slaughter
- Cause temp and pH variations from normal